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London’s revolutionary kiss-in
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Length:
40 minutes
Released:
May 25, 2021
Format:
Podcast episode
Description
Ted Brown is a black LGBT rights pioneer who helped organise the UK’s first Gay Pride march in 1972, featuring a mass ‘kiss-in’ that, at the time, defied the law against gross indecency, which was against the law. When Brown realised he was gay, homosexuality was illegal in Britain - the only person he came out to was his mother. She cried and told him he’d have to battle not just racism but homophobia too; both were rife in society at the time. At one point Brown felt so dismal about his future that he considered taking his own life. But inspired by the Stonewall Riots, he found hope in Britain’s Gay Liberation Front and became a key figure in fighting bigotry in the UK. He tells Emily Webb his moving life story.
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Picture: Ted Brown (left) with human rights campaigner Peter Tatchell (right) at the first Pride march in London, 1972
Credit: Courtesy of Ted Brown
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Get in touch: outlook@bbc.com
Picture: Ted Brown (left) with human rights campaigner Peter Tatchell (right) at the first Pride march in London, 1972
Credit: Courtesy of Ted Brown
Released:
May 25, 2021
Format:
Podcast episode
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